The Irish standard., 1887-05-28
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.

The telephone call OF The IRISH
STANDARD is 1854.
Special music is being arranged for
Rory O'Moore June II.
Ex-Citv Detectives Mike Quinlan and
N. w. King have opened a private de-
tective agency.
Samuel Lovers famous drama "Rory
O'Moore'' by the Crusaders at the Grand
Opera, June IL.
If you want first-class coal and wood.
call on John Norton, room II, Temple
Court. Telephone 3142.
G. L. Barry, contractor and builder.
Stone and brick speciality. 725 Uni
yersity avenue northeast.
The delinquent taxpay ers on the per-
sonal tax of 1886 will be subject to
judgement after June1.
Ex-Detective Mike Quinlan is build
ing new three STORY stone and brick
store on his lot below Eleventh avenue,
on Washington avenue south.
Baldwin Brown, of Minneapolis, pur-
chased 900 acres of improved land in
the towns of Grow and Anoka and will
establish a big stock farm.
Get your next fire insurance policy
from I. w. McGrath, room II, Temple
Court, ground floor, Washington ave-
nue. entrance. Best rates in the city.
First-class companies.
Thomas Tigh, residing at 1929 Second
street south, a foreman in one of the
city quarries, was severely injured by a
stone falling from derrick and strik-
ing him, on Monday last.
The secretary of the Mechanics
union claims that there is great injus-
tice being done here by Eastern papers,
which state that there is ia scarcity of
mechanics in this city.
The Central Cast Iron Company, Of
Minneapolis, is a new incorporation
with $1,0O0,00O capital stock. G. c.
Joslyn, w. 2. Buell., C.S. Sedgwick and
others are represented.
Quite number of our Irish.Ameri-
can friends have lately been given po-
sitions as patrolmen by the Police Com
mission. They are all good and de.
serving men and will make ''dandy
coppers."
Patrick Fox has been returned to the
police force of Minneapolis through the
eraciousness of the Police Commission.
1t is in keeping with the eternal fitness
of things that co faithful an official as
Patrick Fox should be returned. .
In our report of the collections for
the anti-coercion fund which appeared
in last weeks issue the name of John
Hayes from the First ward was credited
with one dollar which should have been
credited to Daniel Hayes. The collect
or, therefore, makes this correction.
The residents of the Seventh ward
who are interested in securing Powder
horn Lake and the necessary land for
park have succeeded in procuring avery
liberal donation of land in that vicinity.
Charles McC. Reeve will give in addi-
ton to the necessary land 5000 in
cash.
DIR. Collins new drug store, 1903
Seventh street south, is finished and
open for business. A choice and spe-
cial line of drugs have been placed in the
neat store, and one of tho best chemists
in the Northwest will be in charge.
The doctors Office will be in the rear of
the building.
The street illumination during the ex-
position is to be on much more elabor-
ate scale than last year. It will run
from Sixth street on Nicollet avenue TO
and across the bridge and up Central
avenue to the exposition building. A
new feature will be large square Ian
terms about each support, with globe
at the top.
The council committee on salaries
met Monday morning and agreed to
following changes: Salary of Jerry Sui
liuan, pound-m aster, $500, former sal
airy $500; D. Morrison, superintendent
of fire alarm, $500, former salafy, ST.
500; and Register Moody, of the water
works, $1,000, instead Of $3.50 as
agreed on at first.
The park commission voted to sprin-
kle the Hennepin avenue boulevard a.
Saturdays meeting. The adverse re-
port on Improvements in regard to
placing an observatory at the
Prospect Park was tabled. G. AcC.
Reeve was given the restaurant and
boating privileges at Lake Harriet for
$3.50. The Lyndale avenue boulevard
was made the special order Of business
for the next meeting.
In the open air competitive drill Of
the Hibernian Rifles on Wednesday
evening of last week. John Courtney
modestly carried awey the prize for Of
fciencv. Tt was close call, though.